24th Sunday after Pentecost / Apostle
Philip
Beatitudes on 10 Octoechos 6;
Apostle 4, from Ode 3.
1. The fruit which
slew me was beautiful and good to eat; but Christ is the Tree of life, and
eating of Him I do not die, but cry out with the thief: Remember me, O Lord, in
Thy kingdom!
2. O Compassionate
One, Who wast lifted up upon the Cross, Thou hast erased the record of Adam’s
ancient sin, and hast saved the whole human race from deception. Wherefore, we hymn Thee, O Lord and
Benefactor.
3. Thou didst nail
our sins to the Cross, O compassionate Christ, and by Thy death Thou didst slay
death, O Thou who didst raise up the dead from among the dead. Wherefore, we worship Thy holy resurrection.
4. The serpent once poured its venom into the ears of
Eve; but on the tree of the Cross, Christ poured forth the sweetness of life
upon the world. Wherefore, we cry out:
Remember us, O Lord, in Thy kingdom!
5. Thou wast laid
in the tomb as one dead, O Christ, Thou Life of all; and Thou didst break down
the gates of hades; and having risen again in glory on the third day as One
mighty, Thou hast illumined all. Glory
to Thine arising!
6. Having risen from the dead on the third day, the Lord bestowed His peace upon His disciples; and having blessed them, He sent them forth saying: Lead all into My kingdom!
7. Full of the light of active vision, thou wast vouchsafed to serve Christ, the great Light, who hath been with us, O divinely eloquent Philip.
8. Thine elucidation of the mysterious hath been piously shown to be a ladder of divine dogmas whereby we have come to know the Son, Who is consubstantial and united with the Father.
9. Thou was a golden lamp shining forth the eternal Light upon men and thereby manifestly enlightening the whole world with knowledge, O most eminent Philip.
10. Trusting in thee, O all-holy and pure one, may I not fall from the expectation of thee; but, as thou art the merciful Mother of God, Who loveth mankind, deliver me from the snares of the enemy.
Troparia & Kontakia
Tone 7: Thou didst destroy death by Thy Cross, /
Thou didst open
paradise to the thief. /
Thou didst change
the lamentation of the Myrrh-bearers, /
and Thou didst
command Thine Apostles to proclaim /
that Thou didst
arise, O Christ God, //
and grantest to
the world great mercy.
[Troparion
of the Temple]
Tone 3: O holy Apostle Philip, /
entreat thou the merciful God, //
that He grant unto our souls forgiveness of offenses.
Tone 7: No longer will the dominion of death be able
to keep men captive; /
for Christ hath descended, demolishing and destroying the
powers thereof. /
Hades is bound; /
the prophets rejoice with one voice, saying: /
A Savior hath come for them that have faith. //
Come forth, ye faithful, for the Resurrection.
[Kontakion
of the Temple]
Glory… Tone 8:
Thy disciple and friend, the emulator of Thy suffering, /
the divinely eloquent Philip, proclaimed Thee to the
world as God; /
by his prayers and through the Theotokos, keep Thy Church
and every city //
from most iniquitous enemies, O most Merciful One.
Both now... Tone
6: O protection of Christians that cannot be put to shame, /
O mediation unto the Creator unfailing, /
disdain not the suppliant voices of sinners, /
but be thou quick, O good one, to help us who in faith
cry unto thee; /
hasten to intercession and speed thou to make supplication,
//
thou who dost ever protect, O Theotokos, them that honor thee.
The Epistle
Reader: The Prokimenon in the 7th Tone: The Lord will give strength unto His people;
the Lord will bless His people with peace.
Choir:
The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people
with peace.
Reader: Bring
unto the Lord, ye sons of God, bring unto the Lord the sons of rams.
Choir:
The Lord will give strength unto His people; the Lord will bless His people
with peace.
Reader: In the 8th Tone: Their sound hath
gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Choir:
Their sound hath gone forth into
all the earth, and their words unto the ends of the world.
Reader:
The Reading is from the Epistle of the Holy Apostle Paul to the Ephesians:
[Eph. 2:14-22 (§221); I Cor. 4:9-16 (§131)]
Reader: Alleluia in the 7th Tone: It is good
to give praise unto the Lord, and to chant unto Thy name, O Most High.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: To proclaim in the morning Thy mercy, and
Thy truth by night.
Choir:
Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!
Reader: In the 1st
Tone: The heavens shall confess
Thy wonders, O Lord, and Thy truth in the congregation of the saints.
Choir: Alleluia,
Alleluia, Alleluia!
Gospel [Luke 10:25-37
(§53); John 1:43-51 (§5)]
Communion Verse: Praise the Lord from the heavens, praise Him in the
highest! Their sound hath gone forth into all the earth, and their words unto
the ends of the world. Alleluia, Alleluia, Alleluia!